Moyes is now relishing Tuesday’s meeting with Champions League favourites Bayern. He told BT Sport: “I’m really looking forward to it: The Champions League quarter-finals. At the start if you said we’d get to the quarters then great but we want to be in the semi-final and then the final. “

“But we’ve got a big tough game against probably the best side around. But bring the challenge on and coming to old Trafford is not easy for any side.”

The Scot has endured mounting pressure after a poor first season in charge at Old Trafford, with the fly-over protest seen today above the stadium surely a very difficult moment for the former Everton boss.

But he remains defiant, and was delighted with the support the team received from the majority of the fans

“I’ve been saying all the time I’ve been here the crowd have been great,” continued Moyes,

“We didn’t start well but the crowd were great. Every fan I bump into they tell me they know exactly what it’s like at Man United.”

“The fourth goal is the type I’ve been looking to score. Adnan [Januzaj] weaving away and it was a great cross. You want to be excited by the football you see and the fourth goal excited me.”